Head of the UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited our country for the first time

On Wednesday, September 14, Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Foreign Minister of France Jacques Hérault and - for the first time after Brexit - ambiguously perceived British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Ukraine.

And if Ukraine had contacts for a long time with the other diplomats, the relationships with Johnson are just at the beginning. An interest in his visit was heated by his own controversial statements, particularly about Ukraine.

In Kyiv Boris Johnson said that "Ukraine is one of the priorities in his activities and not coincidentally, our country became one of the first, which he visited in a new post."

At a briefing after the meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin, Johnson said that Britain stands for the preservation of the earlier imposed by European Union sanctions against the Russian Federation.

"Regarding the EU sanctions. I think that you can say anything about the EU, but one of the key issues and important topic right now is that we have to continue the sanctions, and this is what I would like to emphasize to the President Poroshenko, and Pavlo ( Klimkin, - ed.) today ", - said Johnson.

Also the head of the British Foreign Office said that his country sees its prime duty the preservation of the sanctions against the Russian Federation and will work together with the EU in this area.

During the meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko Boris Johnson said: "Ukraine is a victim of an unacceptable aggression. We are 100% resolute in putting pressure on Russia." - British Foreign Minister said, speaking about the position of the British government.